About 300 unionized workers and Green Mountain Power have reached a five-year labor agreement.

Many in Rutland hope new investments in solar power will jump start the city's economy.

The Vermont Public Service Board has once again rejected arguments that ratepayers should get a windfall payment when the state's two largest utilities merged.

A Statehouse critic of a recent utility merger says consumers should protest the fact that they didn't get a refund when the companies merged by rejecting the utility's new roll-out of smart meters.

VPR reporter, John Dillon updates Vermont Edition on the Public Service Board's decision that Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service may merge into one utility owned by Gaz Metro.

Newscast: Friday, June 15, 2012, 5:50 p.m.

Many local officials are still concerned about the economic impact of the merger between Green Mountain Power and Central Vermont Public Service.

The Republican candidate for governor of Vermont is looking to make a campaign issue out of a demand for $21 million in refunds for customers of Vermont's largest power company.

Senate President Pro tem John Campbell says he hopes the Public Service Board has gotten a clear message from the Legislature about the proposed merger of the state's two largest utilities.

Governor Peter Shumlin discusses where legislation stands as the Legislature tries to wrap up the current session.

Vermont lawmakers continue to debate aspects of a proposed utility merger. The debate is now bogging down talks on both the state budget at an energy bill.

Despite last minute snags that could push the 2012 legislative session into next week, Vermont lawmakers are optimistic they'll be able to wrap up their business for the year by this weekend.

The Legislature has been embroiled in debate over a merger between the state's two largest utilities. While the Senate has already voted to require that ratepayers get money back when CVPS is sold, the House has opted to take a more hands-off approach.

It's been an eventful week at the Statehouse. Among the most contentious issues: the political fight over CVPS and the $21 million, and who should decide whether and how it's rebated to electric customers. VPR's John Dillon has the latest.

The Senate adopted an amendment Thursday that would require Central Vermont Public Service to pay a $21 million refund to its ratepayers if it merges with Green Mountain Power.

The Vermont House is expected to vote later this week on a measure that would intervene in the Public Service Board's review of a proposed utility merger.

A proposed merger between Vermont's largest utilities is now in the hands of the Public Service Board. The board received final briefs in the case on Monday.

This could be the climactic week in an effort by some Vermont lawmakers to get the Legislature to intervene in the proposed merger of Vermont's two largest electric utilities.

The saying ‘politics makes strange bedfellows' is being proved true in the growing legislative debate over the merger between Central Vermont Public Service Corporation and Green Mountain Power. Progressives, Republicans, Independents and Democrats are all plotting strategy together.

Lawmakers this week are taking a closer look at the proposed merger of Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power. And a group of state senators worries that most of the savings from the merger would come from eliminating jobs just as the state tries to recover from the recession.

An effort to force the state's largest utility to refund money to customers when it's sold is gaining some headway in the Statehouse. Backers of the legislation say they're pleased that House Speaker Shap Smith has allowed hearings on the issue.

The question of whether CVPS should rebate $21 million directly to ratepayers has become an issue involving the complex world of utility rate making and the relationship between the Legislature and the Public Service Board.

Many people at this year's Solarfest were talking about the proposed merger of Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power - especially the promise to make Rutland Vermont's first solar city. Earlier: CVPS Board Endorses Gaz Metro Bid For GMP

Shareholders of Central Vermont Public Service Corporation approved a proposed merger with GazMetro, the parent company of Green Mountain Power. VPR teamed up with the investigative website, VT Digger for a behind the scenes look at the deal.

AARP Vermont says customers helped rescue Central Vermont Public Service when it got into financial trouble more than a decade ago. So now that the company is healthy enough to be sold, AARP says those customers should get their money back.